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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Yes, but he didn't make the Flames off the bat and was only recalled after Hamonic broke his jaw in game 1 against the Canucks.
The Flames started with this:
Giordano - Brodie
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valimaki - Stone
Prout
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And Andersson was obviously 6th or better for the rest of the year starting in game #3 and when Hamonic came back after 9 games.
Valimaki was given an NHL look to start the season as there was a chance that he could have been sent back to Tri-City to save a year of his ELC. He apparently showed enough after 9 games but not so much that he didn't need 20 AHL games behind Fattenberg and Prout and of course Andersson.
They got and extra year of ELC slide out of Andersson and Kylington but felt the need for Valimaki to be in the NHL after only one year of slide.